[CivicAccess-discuss] ODI Kitchener to get 3 million from feds. - Open Data for entrepreneurs

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

James, 3 mil is alot of mulah to just give away, this is like a big sole
source allotment of cash, normally one applies for that and you allow for
the best group, or individuals compete and with a well laid plan.  while I
expect and hope it will be good, it should have been a more open process.

On Friday, February 14, 2014, James McKinney <james at opennorth.ca> wrote:

> I assume engagement will be among the first things the new ODI will do (if
> it passes, which I'm assuming it will)? The UK ODI was the result of four
> years of negotiating with the UK government. Once they secured the funding,
> they engaged with the community to be as productive/effective as possible.
>
> I'm also not sure if setting up an institute like this is really the kind
> of thing that goes to tender.
>
>
> On 2014-02-14, at 1:57 PM, Gerry Tychon wrote:
>
>  I (and I am sure others) am glad whenever there is an Open Data
> initiative happening but it distressing to see it happening " fait
> accompli" without engagement.
>
>
> On 14/02/2014 11:07 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
>
> Seems like a big chunk sole source thing then!
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 5:38 PM, James McKinney <james at opennorth.ca>wrote:
>
> It was on the list on the 11th:
> http://civicaccess.48776.x6.nabble.com/Fwd-OpenDataBC-Budget-Contains-Funding-for-Open-Data-td6535.html
>
>  I don't think it was a tender. It seems to be an OpenText-led
> initiative. It's news to the people I know at the University of Waterloo.
>
>
>   On 2014-02-14, at 12:26 PM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
>
>
>  Have any of you see of heard this?  Were you aware there was a tender
> for this?
>
>  Cheers
> t
>
> Kitchener group aiming to mine open data gets $3-million in federal budget
>  By Terry Pender
>
> KITCHENER -- A local group of technology companies and organizations
> received $3 million in the federal budget Tuesday to establish the Open
> Data Institute.
>
> The money will be provided over three years to get large amounts of data
> from the public and private sectors into a standard format that can be
> mined for new insights and innovations leading to new products and
> companies.
>
> "I am very pleased the federal government has chosen to support this,"
> said Kevin Tuer, managing director of the Canadian Digital Media Network.
>
> The network, which is based in The Tannery in downtown Kitchener, put
> together a proposal for the federal government that included public and
> private partners for the Open Data Institute, including Communitech,
> Desire2Learn, the University of Waterloo and Open Text.
>
> Tuer travelled to Ottawa on Tuesday and was in the budget lock-up to see
> first hand if the federal government would fund this region's latest move
> to grow the digital economy.
>
> "We are recognizing the opportunity for open data," said Tuer, managing
> director of Communitech.
>
> The institute will be a national initiative based in this region, either
> at the Communitech Hub in The Tannery or at the University of Waterloo, or
> both.
>
> "It is going to capitalize on getting the open data into the hands of the
>
>

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